Designer Showcase: Blogs by Sneaky Momma

This week's blog designer showcase is on Blogs by Sneaky Momma. Jill is the designer at that studio and she creates beautiful, clean designs for the Blogger platform. She started blogging a year ago and quickly became a pro at HTML code, learning how to design her own blog and then started doing the same for friends. In April she opened her own design site, Blogs by Sneaky Momma.

Not only is Jill a great designer, she also writes some of the most helpful blogging tutorials out there and shares them on her tip site, Blog Tips by Sneaky Momma (over half the tutorials listed on my site take you to her).

Here are a few samples of Jill's talented work:





Another thing I love about Blogs by Sneaky Momma are the extremely affordable prices! You can have a simple blog makeover done for a mere $25! She has other packages available, each one going up in a little in price because more design elements are added. Check out her design packages and see if one fits your needs.

Jill has a surprise coming up tomorrow, so be sure to stop by back her site (or check here as I will mention it also) to see what she's up to.

Designer Showcase: Custom Blog Designs

This week's designer to showcase is Custom Blog Designs, run by Diana Hansen. Custom Blog Designs creates individual designs with you in mind for both Blogger and Twitter. Diana, a work at home mom of three children, opened Custom Blog Designs in February 2008 and has done over 150 blogs makeovers! That is a lot of experience!

Here are some of her favorite blog designs:






Diana has recently added Twitter designs to her list of services. Here are a couple of favorites:



Custom Blog Designs offers four makeover packages competitively priced, Twitter backgrounds, a la carte services, blog maintenance, professional installs, and custom digital scrapbooking. Diana provides excellent customer service and communication and has many repeat customers.

Diana also has a strong heart for others and donates a portion of each makeover to charities that support orphans in China. And, to reward visitors who have left a comment, Diana does a drawing each week and gives away $5 towards any design element she offers, or credit towards something larger.

So, head on over to Custom Blog Designs and look around. And, this is a great time to stop by because she has giveaways going on all month for custom design work.

Special Note: Diana was the designer who contacted me with information on how to change the Blogger navigation bar to match my blog. And, she generously designed a favicon for me (the B-B-D blinkie up in the URL address area and on the file tab). Thank you, Diana for looking out for me!

Designer Showcase: Lemon Cherry Blogs

The designer being showcased today is Lemon Cherry Blogs. Katie Lane is the designer there and does a wonderful job creating custom looks for each of her clients. In addition to Lemon Cherry Blogs, she is co-owner of {Insert Self} a design site for logo, website or business blog designs. Phew! She is one talented, busy lady!

Below are some of her more recent designs from Lemon Cherry Blog Designs. Traveling the Blogsphere is her most recent design and I agree that it is awesome!




Lemon Cherry Blogs offers very affordable two design packages for the Blogger platform, as well as some a la cart items. She works in other platforms, but works by the hour for those instead.

To share her recent designs and offer blogging and design tips, Katie has a blog Lemon Cherry Blog. She also has a personal blog, Sunshine and Bubblegum, which is lively and fun. Stop by if you have a chance.

If you are looking to spruce up your blog design, head over to Lemon Cherry Blogs. Katie will give your blog a "freshly squeezed" design to suit you!

Restarting Designer Showcases

Tomorrow I will restart my designer showcase series, where once a week I feature a blog designer who offers custom blog designs. I used to do these, but when my dad was ill and passed away I got off track.

I will try my best to do features when that designer has their queue open so if readers see a designer and want to work with them, they won't have to wait and watch for the queue to open.

Readers, if I feature a designer who has done your blog design, please leave a comment so we can all stop over and see their work and, of course, leave some comment love for you.

Designers, don't worry if you don't see your site featured right away. I have a schedule for the showcases and I will get to you.